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Sit down! Get comfortable! You're in for a treat every morning at 11:00 Eastern/10:00 Central! Be sure to join us in our Discord for our daily, live show chat as you enjoy the fabulous, 60-minute Price Is Right!

After two and half years, WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY! Y'all made this possible! It's my privilege to present to you the first show in this summer's shiny, newly renovated HYO section! This is still your favorite game, with wonderful fake prizes for smart shoppers...but with a little bit of extra flair and a personal touch just for you guys in this forum.

This is a half-hour episode; six people will come on down, three will play pricing games, top two winners go to the Showcases.

Audience participation is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED! Jokes, banter, memes, are ALWAYS welcome! Shouting out prices and advice is welcome, too, at all times except during the IUFBs.

Since this is the HYO section, we’ll be exploring a little bit of gray area in this show that may not fly on CBS daytime. But it’s definitely rated PG. Maybe PG-12.

Other ground rules:

I’ll PM you when you are called on down the first time, but after that, it’s your responsibility to check this thread at least once a day! (PM beforehand if you think you may need special circumstances.)

All players are on a 24 hour time limit for responses. If you miss your deadline in contestants’ row I reserve the right to call a replacement player the next round in order to give somebody else a chance to participate. Miss your deadline in a pricing game and it’s an auto-loss. So please please please, don’t forget to check the thread!

Don’t try to google prices, of course.

Do not chew gum on television!

And most importantly… have fun!!

Now, if you want to play, here’s an interview question!

CBS has hired you as the prize coordinator. You hear a ring on the phone. CBS has a dilemma for you—they want to add one last-minute promotional show for the end of the season. Unlike other specials, this one will be sponsored. By Ex-Lax. And they insist you offer enough of their product to underline how special it is.

They’ve sent you a giant crate of filled with boxes of chocolate laxatives they expect to see featured on the show in some way. There’s only one taping day left in the end of the season, so you have to…ahem…*dump* all of your sponsors’ material into this one show. You have to give away 5,000 tablets of Ex-Lax laxatives in one day. How do you do it?

You have license to tweak anything about the show you need to in order to keep your sponsor happy. The most creative answers will be given priority in coming on down—and the less serious, the better.

Answers will be close at 11:59 PM EST on Tuesday June 25. Can’t wait to read them! And the show will get on the road Wednesday afternoon... Good luck!

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Quote from: Bill Todman

"The sign of a good game, is when you don't have to explain it every day. The key is not simplicity, but apparent simplicity. Password looks like any idiot could have made it up, but we have 14 of our people working on that show. There is a great complexity behind the screen. It requires great work to keep it simple."

As for the Ex-Lax, that's easy. Give away chocolate for a year in every pricing game... on their annual Valentine's Day special. To add, I'll have Drew not tell the contestants they have laxatives in it. Marriage rates will plummet and CBS will get all sort of lawsuits while I say 'you wanted me to sell them.' ...And they'll probably do the same gimmick next year regardless due to Ex-Lax having such deep pockets. And then an Ex-Lax executive will run for president and win, signifying their complete takeover of the United States of America. And then we'll truly be in... 'deep crap.'

Both Showcase Showdown segments are sponsored by Ex-Lax. For every number the Big Wheel lands on, that number is multiplied by 10, and the contestant receives that number of tablets. That should cut down a good chunk of them. The rest can be divided up and presented as a gift to the audience during an appropriately-themed, gas-related Showcase featuring the ultimate bathroom, complete with an air-locking/soundproof commode with bidet feature, plus ‘pinto beans for a year’.

First, I want to thank you, gamesurf, for what you've done to bring back the HYO. I never thought I would ever say this, but I am absolutely in!

Second, before the show, buy 300 packages of M&Ms. Cut them open, remove the candies, and replace them with laxatives. Then, as Stan is interviewing each contestant, his assistant will distribute the bags of "M&Ms". And the rest is history.

For added fun, put a sign on each bathroom of the studio that says, "Out of Order". Then watch the fun!

I found this out on a recent trip to New Orleans. The late, great Louis Armstrong endorsed laxatives. As such, I would endorse the Ex-Lax as part of a Showcase that pays tribute to Satchmo. The prizes in order: a year's supply of Ex-Lax, jazz lessons for an instrument of the contestant's choice and a trip to New Orleans with a port of call for a Gulf of Mexico cruise.

I'm going to do this! I have not participated in this area of the forums since we were all doing Play Along games (I once gave away a Dodge Viper in 2 for the Price of 1!) and I think it's time to get back to the playing areas on the board!

Who knows? Maybe I'll win another game of Push Over?

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3,109 days until I am re-eligible to be a contestant on The Price Is Right!

For our sponsor situation, I would definitely play Vend O Price for a trip to the toliet museum in New Delhi, India with crates of the Ex-Lax as a bonus, then "clog" the bottom shelf with like 20 MORE packs of Ex-Lax for an easy win. So much branding in one segment, the sponsors wouldnt be able to hold in their...excitement

And don't even try to tell me you don't get your laxative products from vending machines, I know I do.

As for the Ex-Lax:-every contestant and member of the audience gets a year supply of Ex-Lax-winner of the showcase gets a LIFETIME supply of Ex-Lax delivered all at once to their door in a huge Ex-Lax truck; after the show, show a clip of said truck coming in and the driver opening the back to reveal a bunch of crates of Ex-Lax boxes, helping the contestant to move the crates into the contestant's house; extra points if the contestant happens to be in the bathroom at the time they receive their "prize"-no option for anyone to decline their year/lifetime supply of "prizes"; in other words, the showcase winner will be forced to accept a lifetime supply of Ex-Lax

You are the first four contestants on today's special "5,000" episode on The Price is Right!

Just like on the April Fools' Day special in 2011, it is never stated what exactly the 5,000 stands for. Drew keeps hyping up something special happening, but nothing special happens.

IUFB #1: Portable Restroom (PolyJohn, comes with side vents and lock)

$1000|$599|$1250|$1

ARP: $649, Joseph wins!

Joseph has a chance to add to his portable restroom a dream Kohler bathroom with free installation, [1] and 100 boxes of 48 count Ex-Lax Chocolates, a prize package worth $27,539, if he can guess properly on BONUS GAME

Small Prizes-

SP1- Brown Plunger- $70Joseph goes Lower.ARP: $20

SP2- Toilet Seat- $45Joseph goes Lower.ARP: $70

SP3- Shower Head- $55Joseph goes Lower.ARP: $60

SP4- Bathroom Sink- $250Joseph goes Lower.ARP: $300

The hidden bonus is behind SP1.

Crapshoot #2- WIN!

In fact, everyone in the audience will be receiving $250 worth of Ex-Lax chocolates due to Joseph winning!

George Harding, Come on Down!

IUFB #2: Nintendo Switch (Pro Controller, 5 Games)

$599|$1000|$1|$2

ARP: $660, George wins!

George can enjoy his Switch with a duo of TVs (82" and 65" of Samsung 4K UHD TVs, 2 Blu-ray players) if he catches the Freeze Frame

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STINKER!

J.C. Thomasa, Come on Down!

IUFB #3: Soundstream 7Pc Car Stereo

$300|$799|$555|$556

ARP: $870, John wins!

John might be able to walk away with a Nissan Versa S Plus with splash guards worth $15,595 if he can sink the Hole in One Toilet.

The lawn in this playing is painted white, except for the lines, which look like the perforations of toilet paper, leading into the circle, which looks like a giant toilet. The ball is a brownish shade.

Coming back from commercial break from Hole, instead of actually having gameplay, Drew does a 30-minute infomercial, detailing the miracles of Ex-Lax. We were given absolutely no time to do a special, so we could barely scrape off prizes we had in the homes of the staff. Either way, this is the first "half-hour" show in a few decades, since all the fans like a throwback.

TW: JosephRU: John

SC1- PRESENTED BY EX-LAXIf this showcase is won, the winner will receive a lifetime supply of Ex-Lax chocolate.

Since the first water system in America was made in Boston, the showcase starts with a trip to Boston (6n, The Colonnade Hotel)Now, we get to the place with the origin of hot water systems in beautiful Greece! (6n, Pi Athens)Finally, ride out your luxuries with a Toyota Yaris LE Sedan! (auto)

Joseph passes, John bids $25,000.

SC2- WHAT WAS LEFT BACKSTAGE$3,000 in cashTrip to Albuquerque, New Mexico (6n, Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa)Trip to Nelspruit, South Africa (6n, Aha Casa do Sol Hotel & Resort)

Joseph bids $17,000.

John bid $25,000 on SC1. ARP: $34,501. Difference of $9,501.

Joseph bid $17,000 on SC2. ARP: $14,452. MRRRP!

John leaves today with $50,096 in merchandise.

Mike Richards comes out and briefly says that it has been an honor to be on the show for so long, and that he is happy that he could have said goodbye with such a great season finale.